October 12, 2013 Maumee Bay State Park
Nine birders assembled for a field trip that was intended to be at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge in Ohio. This was thwarted by the federal government shutdown. An attempt to chase a reported Nelson's Sparrow was curtailed by the presence of deer hunters (nobody was willing to risk a gunshot wound for a bird that might not be there). So we went instead to Maumee Bay State Park and walked their two-mile boardwalk through a lakeside swamp. - ED
Canada Goose 5
swan sp. 4
Double-crested Cormorant 15
Ring-billed Gull 200 There may have been other gull species, but they were too far away to tell.
Mourning Dove 1
Downy Woodpecker 5
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Brown Creeper 1
Winter Wren 3
Carolina Wren 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 2
European Starling X
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 10
Red-winged Blackbird 5
American Goldfinch 5
* * After eating lunch at MBSP, we went to Magee Marsh. There is a reason that we saw very few other people on the boardwalk on a mid-October afternoon, and it is evident from the list below.
Tundra Swan 8
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Egret 2
Killdeer 1
Ring-billed Gull 100
Herring Gull 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 1
Brown Creeper 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin 7
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Common Grackle 8
- - Others seen on the way:
Wild Turkey
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Sandhill Crane
Rock Pigeon
Nine birders assembled for a field trip that was intended to be at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge in Ohio. This was thwarted by the federal government shutdown. An attempt to chase a reported Nelson's Sparrow was curtailed by the presence of deer hunters (nobody was willing to risk a gunshot wound for a bird that might not be there). So we went instead to Maumee Bay State Park and walked their two-mile boardwalk through a lakeside swamp. - ED
Canada Goose 5
swan sp. 4
Double-crested Cormorant 15
Ring-billed Gull 200 There may have been other gull species, but they were too far away to tell.
Mourning Dove 1
Downy Woodpecker 5
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Brown Creeper 1
Winter Wren 3
Carolina Wren 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 2
European Starling X
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 10
Red-winged Blackbird 5
American Goldfinch 5
* * After eating lunch at MBSP, we went to Magee Marsh. There is a reason that we saw very few other people on the boardwalk on a mid-October afternoon, and it is evident from the list below.
Tundra Swan 8
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Egret 2
Killdeer 1
Ring-billed Gull 100
Herring Gull 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 1
Brown Creeper 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin 7
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Common Grackle 8
- - Others seen on the way:
Wild Turkey
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Sandhill Crane
Rock Pigeon
